Turn a Vintage Pillow Case Into an Apron

I found this adorable pillow case while thrifting the other day. I love the fabric, but couldn’t use it as a pillow case since it doesn’t match what’s in my room right now. I’ve been wanting cute, vintage aprons, and this seemed like a good way to use the pillow case. (It was $1 at Goodwill).

First, I cut off the hem at the opening. This would become the waistband.

Next, I cut some more of the pillow case off, leaving about as much as I wanted for the length of the apron, about 19 inches. The part I cut off was cut into two strips, to be used as the apron strings. (I had to cut off the seam on the strips.)

For the main part of the pillow case that wasn’t cut up, I just ran my sewing machine across the top to gather it just a bit.

With the two strips I cut off earlier, I made the apron ties, sewed them to the waistband, and sewed the gathered skirt into the waistband. I had some bias tape in my supplies that I thought would be cute, so I added that to the waistband and the bottom of the skirt.